Overview of Australian Legal Recruitment Market
November 28, 2011 by Damian
Here is a link to a really good overview of the legal recruitment market in Australia at the moment taken from Lawyer’s Weekly.
Reading through it, it was interesting to note how similar the sentiments that the recruiters had over there are to what I am seeing here in NZ. I will write a separate post soon to give me tuppence on where the NZ market is currently at.
The London Report
July 27, 2011 by Damian
I have been meaning to write a post about the London market for quite some time now. Over the last few months, we have seen a noticeable increase in the amount of roles coming on and our candidates are now securing more and more interviews so things are definitely looking up but it is still a pretty tough market to break into.
As such, I thought that it would be timely to provide an overview of what is happening over there but lo and behold when I opened my weekly email from Lawyers Weekly (Oz equivalent to NZ Lawyer) this morning, I found that someone had saved me the trouble.
Here is a link to a very comprehensive overview of the London market. It is obviously written from an Australian perspective so just substitute New Zealander for Australian and you will get the same message.
One thing to add which my colleague in London alerted me to last night is that more and more firms are happy to sponsor candidates now so even if you don’t have an EU passport or an ancestry visa, if your background is strong enough, firms will be keen and able to hire you.
If after reading this, you are interested in exploring your options in the London market, please get in touch.
Happy reading!
Lawyer’s Weekly Guide To Overseas Legal Markets
March 24, 2011 by Damian
Here is a link to a Lawyer’s Weekly article which gives a really good overview of the oveseas legal recruitment markets – http://bit.ly/fbfTZ0.
It contains a really good guide about which markets are more receptive to overseas lawyers than others. On the whole, I think that the opinions outlined in the article are spot on although they do mention that Belfast is a better destination for overseas lawyers than Dublin. I’m not quite sure how they came to that conclusion as my wife (Kiwi lawyer) was the first NZ lawyer ever to be admitted in Northern Ireland back on 2003!
What I also found amusing is that when they are discussing the merits of Scotland as a destination, one of the downsides is that it is ‘very cold’ but this is not mentioned in the discussion of the pros and cons of moving to Russia!
Very interesting reading though and if it does spark any interest in investigating your options overseas, give me a call or drop me a line. I would be keen to discuss your chances.
Interesting Articles For 2010
January 12, 2010 by Damian
I have come across a few articles recently that I thought that I should share.
The first three come from the ALB website and can be found by following this link -
http://www.au.legalbusinessonline.com/e-magazines/magazine.aspx?id=39186.
In this edition, there is an article about Kensington Swan’s decision to open an office in Abu Dhabi as well as an interview with the new Chairman at Simpson Grierson in which he talks about his plans for the future of that firm. Another very interesting article called ‘Southward Bound’ discusses the difficulties and benefits of North Island firms operating in the South Island.
Over at Lawyers Weekly, I found some very illuminating articles describing the year just past and the year just begun under the very dramatic headline of ’2009 - The Year That Changed The Legal Profession’ :
http://www.lawyersweekly.com.au/news/au/features/special_reports/
Another one to have a look at, also from Lawyers Weekly, again grandly titled ‘Five Tips To Get To The Top’ gives some hints about how to best position yourself when you are thinking about changing jobs. All are pretty obvious but it is worth a look, nonetheless.
The last one for the time being gives an overview of the markets across the globe and tries to predict what locations will be attractive for lawyers in 2010 -
I am not sure whether I completely agree with some of this analysis but suffice to say, there will hopefully be more activity in these areas than there was in 2009!!